CABBI researchers use AI, synthetic biology, and a biofoundry to improve industrial enzymes
In Illinois, a team of researchers at the Center for Advanced Bioenergy and Bioproducts Innovation (CABBI) created a fast, user-friendly process to improve industrial enzymes. The researchers combined artificial intelligence (AI), synthetic biology, and a biofoundry. This combination allowed the scientists to overcome common issues with enzymes such as low efficiency and an enzyme’s inability to single out a target. The team used this new process to greatly improve the performance of two important industrial enzymes. The process is versatile enough for scientists to use it to improve many others as well. The work is a big step forward in the use of AI for enzyme engineering. In enzyme engineering, scientists predict what changes to a known protein would improve its function.
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